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description: "Description of Mark Groves' site what I am about. Here you will find my work on photography, open source, agile, lean and continuous deployment"
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			<span id="photo_credit">photo credit: Hayden Groves age 8</span>
			<h4>License</h4>
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				The content on this site is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License</a>.
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            <h3>Profile</h3>
            <p>Hello my name is Mark Groves, I'm a software geek, a photographer, a father, a husband, a runner, a brewer of fine beverages.</p>
			<p>I am a Principal Program Manager working on the [CodePlex](http://codeplex.com) team, interested in improving the open source community from within Microsoft. I am also an agile practitioner, currently practicing lean and striving towards continuous deployment.  </p>
            <p>My two creative passions in life are software and photography, I'm lucky enough to make a living at one of them.</p>
            <p>This site is where I post my photography work and share my opinions. These are my opinions, I don't speak for Microsoft, so don't be silly.</p>
            <p>If you have an opinion share it, I'd love to know what you think of my work or anything else for that matter</p>
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                <h3>Site Powered By</h3>
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                        <li><a href="http://code52.org/pretzel/">Pretzel</a></li>
                        <li><a href="http://www.getskeleton.com/">Skeleton</a></li>
                        <li><a href="http://jquery.com/">JQuery</a></li>
                        <li><a href="http://isotope.metafizzy.co/">Isotope</a></li>
                        <li><a href="https://github.com/scottjehl/picturefill">Picturefill</a></li>
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                        <li><a href="http://modernizr.com/">Modernizr</a></li>
                        <li><a href="http://disqus.com">Disqus</a></li>
                        <li><a href="http://bluehost.com">Bluehost</a></li>
                        <li><a href="http://git-scm.com">Git</a></li>
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                <h3>Gear</h3>
                <p>_Gear is gear, tools are tools_</p>
                <h4>Cameras</h4>
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                            <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007FGZ1V0/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=margro-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B007FGZ1V0">Canon 5D markIII</a></li>
                            <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0043RS864/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=margro-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0043RS864">Fuji X100</a></li>
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                        <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000053HBB/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=margro-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000053HBB">Canon 200mm f/2.8L</a></li>
                        <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000053HC5/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=margro-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000053HC5">Canon 135mm f/2L</a></li>
                        <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004XOM3/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=margro-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00004XOM3">Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro</a></li>
                        <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00007GQLU/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=margro-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00007GQLU">Canon 85mm f/1.8</a></li>
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                        <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009XVCZ/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=margro-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00009XVCZ">Canon 50mm f/1.4</a></li>
                        <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009XVCU/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=margro-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00009XVCU">Canon 35mm f/2</a></li>
                        <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009R6WU/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=margro-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00009R6WU">Canon 28mm f/1.8</a></li>
                        <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006I53R/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=margro-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00006I53R">Canon 24mm f/2.8</a></li>
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